William Gallas eyes Villa return

Friday 11 November 2011 13:12 BST

William Gallas is confident he will be fit for Tottenham's clash with Aston Villa on November 21 after stepping up his training programme this week.

The French defender has yet to make a Premier League appearance this season due to a number of calf problems which have delayed his comeback. Gallas, 34, played in the Europa League tie against Rubin Kazan on November 3 but was not included in the squad for last weekend's game against Fulham after he felt the injury again in Russia.

Spurs are confident, though, that the two-week break for international football will allow Gallas to build up his fitness in time to be ready for the meeting with Villa at White Hart Lane.

Coach Joe Jordan said: "William is doing specific work for injury prevention to make sure it does not recur. We don't want to push him to the limit because we are looking for him to be available for the Villa game."